Chloe Zhao Directed A Super Bowl Ad And It’s As Majestic As You’d Expect DirectorChloé Zhaohas become synonymous with sweeping landscapes and altogether breathtaking cinematography thanks toher film “Nomadland,“and she recently took those talents to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the cosmic, millennia-spanning “Eternals.” Considering that dramatic turn of events, it should come as no surprise that the prolific filmmaker was enlisted to make an emotional and gripping Super Bowl commercial for Budweiser — and yes, it gives us those already-classic Chloé Zhao vibes....

Chuck Klosterman’s Killing Yourself To Live - The Movie? We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I would like to think that many of the people that frequent /Film know whoChuck Klostermanis. But truth is, I only found out about him four or five years ago through his pop culture-infused bookSex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs. Yet I’m guessing most people probably know him as a rock journalist (which probably explains why I hadn’t discovered him sooner)....

Comic Con Locked Into San Diego Through 2016 If you’ve been hoping that Comic Con International would move its biggest annual event out of San Diego and into more spacious quarters in Los Angeles or Anaheim, you’re going to have to wait. The organization and city of San Diego announced today that theSan Diego Comic Conwill remain exactly that through 2016. That’s one year more than the last deal locked in....

Disney Made More Than $7 Billion From Remakes In The Last 9 Years Rage all you want againstDisney’s endless slew of live-action remakes of its animated classics, but you can’t deny the sheer box office power of those “re-imaginings.” Ever sinceBeauty and the Beastshattered box office records in 2017, the Disney remake box office numbers have almost always crossed the $1 billion threshold. WithThe Lion Kingset to join that billion-dollar club soon, that brings the Disney remakes total box office to over $7 billion — a jaw-dropping number that the House of Mouse reached in less than a decade....

Disneyland Paris Bids Adieu To Free FastPass In Favor Of Paid Option As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to become less oppressive to travelers, the new normal is becoming clearer to see at the Disney theme parks. One major aspect of the theme-park experience has been Disney’s free FastPass system, which enabled guests to use their park ticket to reserve a spot in line for some of the most popular attractions. Well, there’s a new version of this system atDisneyland Paris, and there’s a twist: you have to pay for it…per attraction....

Every Terry Gilliam Movie Ranked Worst To Best Terry Gilliam was always the odd man out in Monty Python — he was the only American, he wasn’t Oxbridge educated, and he was an animator, not a comedy writer. He did, however, find his directing feet with the troupe, co-directing “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” He would also go on to cast Michael Palin and Eric Idle in many of his projects....

Fantastic Fest 2011 Award Winners Include Horror Hit ‘You’re Next’ And Charming ‘A Boy And His Samurai’ ThoughFantastic Fest still has three days left packed with movies, the best of the best have been revealed. Monday night, the awards for the best films, actors, writers and directors of the festival were announced in several different categories. Some of the winners are films I’ve already reviewed and loved. The Audience Award went toA Boy and His Samuraiby Yoshihiro Nakamura, the AMD Dell Next Wave Spotlight Competition winner wasBullheaddirected by Michael R....

Hawkeye Actor Would ‘Happily’ Return To Play Kazi In The Echo Spin-Off [Exclusive] Marvel’s Disney+ series “Hawkeye” is helping to set up the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and actor Fra Fee would love to be a part of its future. /Film writer Ryan Scott recently spoke with Fee about his role as Kazi on the superhero series and asked about his hopes for the future of the character....

How Brooklyn Nine-Nine Got Through Its Ratings-Challenged Season One “Brooklyn Nine-Nine"wrapped up its final seasonin 2021. Detective Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) and the rest of the borough’s 99th precinct got up to their final caper and went their separate ways. At the very least, the show was able to go out on a high note. The office comedy from Michael Schur and Dan Goor had a troubled past over its eight seasons....

Interview: ‘Finding Dory’ Director Andrew Stanton On Sea Lions, Sigourney Weaver, Easter Eggs And More A couple weeks ago, I got a chance to chat with writer/directorAndrew Stantonabout his new Pixar filmFinding Dory. The film hit theaters this past weekend and earned an estimated $136.2 million, breaking the record for the biggest animated opening of all time. (Looks likemy Summer Movie Wager pickwasn’t that stupid after all, although we’ll have to see how it does in the second weekend to see if it really has a chance to beatCaptain America: Civil Warthis summer....

John Carpenter’s ‘Tales For A Halloween Night’ TV Series Is Alive At Paramount A TV series based onJohn Carpenter’sTales for a Halloween Nightcomic book series was originally in development at SYFY, but earlier this year word arrived that the adaptation was dead. But anyone who has ever watched a horror movie can tell you that what’s dead doesn’t always stay dead. Sure enough, Carpenter himself has confirmed theTales for a Halloween NightTV series is alive again, now at Paramount....

John Lassetter Says ‘Cars 3’ Will Focus On The Memory Of Doc Hudson Most diehard Pixar fans probably don’t rank theCarsfilms amongst their favorites. They’re not the company’s most acclaimed or successful animated features, but they do sell a ton of toys and, whether you like these movies or not, at least a lot of kids seem to respond to them. The ensemble of talking cars, including Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), will return to theaters next summer....

Minor ‘Interstellar’ Plot Revelation Grounds The Film We know thatChristopher Nolan’sInterstellarfeatures characters that journey to and/or through a wormhole in space, but that’s (forgive the pun) a pretty nebulous description. There are many different ways in which that basic plot could end up articulated on screen, and waiting to see how it all plays out is obviously part of the pleasure. But a new report about the film shooting in Florida seems to give up some info that hadn’t previously been reported....